necro-, necr-, necron-, -necrosis, nekro- +

1. The partial death of cells in a tissue or organ caused by disease or injury.
2. Death of cells or tissues through injury or disease, especially in a localized area, or part, of the body.

Necrosis of muscle tissue.

Excision of necrotic (dead) tissue.

A situation in which the vital elements of the blood are dead.

Encephalomalacia or softening of the brain.

Any of several diseased conditions in domestic animals; especially, hogs, cattle, horses, rabbits, and sheep; causing tissue death of various kinds, diphtheria with abscesses, and gangrenous dermatitis.

1. The degeneration and death of the body’s cells from natural processes.
2. Physiologic or normal death of cells or tissues as a result of changes associated with development, aging, or use.
3. A state of degeneration of a part or tissue in which some portions are alive and others are dead.

1. A reference to the process of decay or death in tissues of the body; the gradual degeneration and death of a part through suspended or imperfect nutrition; an instance of this.
2. Characterized by the physiological or normal death of cells or tissues as a result of changes associated with development, aging, or use.
3. Relating to the gradual degeneration and death of a part as a result of malnutrition; necrosis.

An assemblage of dead organisms.

The process of pollinating done by carrion beetles.

A process that results in, or a condition that is characterized by, the abnormal or pathological death of cells.

A toxin that causes the death of cells.

An inflammation of the skin that accompanies necrosis.

The excision (cutting out) of dead tissue.

In biology, fertilized by carrion beetles.